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introducing your dream literary agent

By admin, on December 3rd, 2011 |

Do you have absolutely zero ideas for a book?

Or perhaps you just want to know how to properly use the little known literary trick, “ellipse-semi-colon style” (…;) properly in a sentence?

Then, here’s your man. But, fair warning: you probably don’t have the chops to get this dude to rep you.

i'm so sick of websites with comment sections for every pathetic spew of an article they publish

By joshuacitrak, on October 19th, 2011 |

why the need to ruminate on every compartmentalized experience your imagination says you’ve gone through?

it’s one thing to be contemplative, another to worship your own narrow uniqueness, to let it dictate how you should be, and also how others should must accept you.

that’s a fucking deep-assed ditch you’ve dug there and now that you [...]

late night frustrations

By joshuacitrak, on May 19th, 2011 |

Ok, what am I trying to say here? What do I mean?
I stare at the computer screen, rereading, rereading, until the screen saver comes on, until my eyes blow out of focus.
I mumble the words softly as I type, retype. The curses, they come out a lot louder.
This fucking goddamn shit fuck [...]

Kadar Koli #5

By joshuacitrak, on August 20th, 2010 |

I know, I know, poetry is boring, hard to understand and full of words that don’t make complete [...]

something has to happen

By joshuacitrak, on August 12th, 2010 |

Something always has to happen. In the story. It has to be real and convincing, like the sun rising or a gust of wind that picks up down the street and drags dead stiff leaves and animates plastic liquor store [...]

catch me reading this sunday (7/18)

By joshuacitrak, on July 12th, 2010 |

I just received an invite to read at this July’s LitQuake/Instant City event, this Sunday in the Mission. I really have no other details other than when and where:

Gypsy Honeymoon and Heart Wine Bar

1266 Valencia St SF CA

Sunday, July 18 6-8 pm

Stop by, say [...]

MFA-like: (from the Citrak unabridged dictionary)

By joshuacitrak, on May 4th, 2010 |

a MFA-like piece of writing can contain any one of the following:

unusual wordiness, usually in describing something not very important.
distinctive liberties in language with the express purpose of completely turning off any readership besides other MFA [...]

Self-Published Titles Skyrocket

By joshuacitrak, on April 14th, 2010 |

according to PW Daily.

Not sure if this is a good thing or what. While i certainly don’t side with the traditional Publisher-Author model, my reasons for it are mostly financial. The authors simply don’t get a big enough cut for their work. [...]

April 14th, 2010 | reply to: @joshuacitrak | Tags: bad english, ebooks, media giants, publishing, writing | Category: uncategorized | one comment - (comments suck. hit me up on twitter)

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and not only was he not his uncle, he never even went to school with his mother

By joshuacitrak, on April 22nd, 2009 |

He checked himself at all angles, and when he was happy with his look said to his uncle, “Yo, I’m exullerated. I mean, wait, did I say that [...]

introducing your dream literary agent

i'm so sick of websites with comment sections for every pathetic spew of an article they publish

late night frustrations

Kadar Koli #5

something has to happen

catch me reading this sunday (7/18)

MFA-like: (from the Citrak unabridged dictionary)

Self-Published Titles Skyrocket

and not only was he not his uncle, he never even went to school with his mother

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